VISUAL IDENTITY
The 15th TBF was held from May 3 to May 6, 2018 at the International Exhibition and Congress Centre of Thessaloniki (TIF-Helexpo), and had La Francophonie -the French-speaking countries- as its Guest of Honour and Democracy in the 21st Century as its main topic.
At least one of the Greek and foreign writers -among them being Arne Dahl, Joachim Käppner, Jean-Bernard Pouy, Caryl Férey, Dominique Manotti, Denis Thériault, Maxime Raymond Bock, Alissa York, Shari Lapena etc.- participated in nearly every event of the TBF topics giving to their readers and the general public the opportunity to meet and discuss with them.
As La Francophonie was the Guest of Honor, the Bureau International de l’Édition Française (BIEF, France) participated dynamically in the TBF and presented books published by 44 French publishers, a lot of whom were present.
The 15th TBF in Numbers
Two hundred eighty five publishers from Greece and other countries participated in the 15th TBF. More specifically, they came from the following countries: Albania, Azerbaijan, Belgium, Bosnia- Herzegovina, Canada, China, Croatia, Cyprus, Egypt, France, Germany, Iran, Israel, Italy, Korea, Romania, Russia, Saudi Arabia, Slovakia, Switzerland, Taiwan, Turkey.
Within the stand of La Francophonie and through the Bureau International de l’Édition Française, 44 French writers attended the Book Fair. The events that took place in the four days of this great celebration for the book were no less than five hundred.
Main Topics
Democracy in the 21st Century
Literature and Memory
The Refugee Experience
Book and Performance
3rd Translation Festival
5th New Writers’ Festival
Children and Teenagers’Corner